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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1930
Page
6
Elgin residents heard of multiple weekend visits from Mr and Mrs Hol River villa and relatives, and several trips to Iowa City and Manchester for hospital and college matters. A scare near Primary 66 left Jud Conner and family shaken but unhurt after a minor collision.
The editorial discusses the high school paper's role in fostering school pride and responsibility among pupils. It notes benefits for students in expressing ideas, while urging a positive school year with ambitions, energy, and patience. A call for a homecoming boosts community spirit.
Seventeen candidates answered Coach Whitney’s call as Elgin High gears up for football. New faces replace graduates while Captain Grether departs. Clif Kiple returns and Captain Steele is in good shape as the backfield and line form a promising unit. The schedule features four home games and three away with opponents Postville, West Union, Arlington, Fayette, Hawkeye, Maynard, and Wadena.
Town talk notes seniors praise grammar while a joke list recalls Bob Steele injuring his head after slipping on a corn cob at a canning factory. Classified notices offer two asks for Don Helms and George Snyder seeking paper wad and reducing compound. A quip wonders about Clif Kiple’s summer weight gain.
A reflective note on the first day of school at Elgin High, highlighting student nerves, routines, and the cheerful resolution that school is enjoyable. It praises expanding enrollment and musical programs, including glee clubs and an annual operetta, and describes rental options to encourage instrument ownership and participation in bands.
Clarence Miller misses the primary room due to a broken arm from a pony ride Saturday. Bobby Falk was sick the first of the week and could not attend school. The fifth grade drew maps of South America locating principal rivers. Gene and Kenneth Schori were absent last week due to measles. Miss Olson’s domestic science class finished a canning unit and began a breakfast unit this week. Eldred Dummermuth visited the high school last Friday. High school enrollment: forty girls and forty nine boys. Girl Scouts to reorganize this week with Miss Olson as captain and Miss Steinmetz as assistant. Forty five pupils take Commercial, with twenty in typewriting/short-hand and twenty five in bookkeeping. Ten new L. C. Smith typewriters arrived for the commercial class. Local visitors: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams and family of Fairbank visited Efford Hunsberger. Bertha Mealey returned to work at Oelwein after vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Bauman of Madison S. D. visited Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman and Mr. and Mrs. John Lehman of Roanoke Illinois spent a week with Elgin relatives. Mrs. Ralph Allen and son from Waukegan Ill visited while husband works at the canning factory.
Gerald Schori has had tonsillitis recently. Mr and Mrs N P Kerr of Lime Springs visited the G H Fath home Monday. Fred R Berg returned Sunday from Bayfield Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs W L Carter of Miles Town spent Thursday to Monday with his brother. J Harrington. Mr and Mrs George Frieden and two children of Lamar Missouri leave for West Bend today after ten days with Elgin relatives. Mr and Mrs F D Welch were Oelwein visitors Monday. Mrs Frank Capper and Mrs H W Falk spent last Thursday and Friday at the Chas Greenley home in Decorah. Mr and Mrs Ed Schmid and family of Elkader spent Sunday in the J G Schmid home. Their twin sons Richard and Robert remained longer. Mr and Mrs J Moellerman and daughter Jean Mary Martha Moellerman and Elsie Moellerman of Lansing and Mr and Mrs Mylan Valley of Waterville spent Sunday in the B M Benson home.
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